From the Press Box: Cap-Driven Decisions

Paul is a 22-year veteran of the STATS INC reporter network, scoring play by play for the Blue Jays and Maple Leafs. He is also the creator of the statistical platform which evolved into the NHL's Real Time Scoring System, which was unveiled in 1992. You can also hear him on XM Sirius and nextsportsstar.com, talking hockey and baseball.In addition to all of Toronto's teams, he is also a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys.

It's a quiet time in the offseason, so we can recap some of the moves that we think will be the bigger impacts of the upcoming season. As a part of this analysis, some salary cap aspects will also be made clearer.

Philadelphia trading Scott Hartnell to Columbus for R.J. Umberger

This was a cap-relief situation where the Flyers shed the last five years of Hartnell's deal ($4.75M/year) and assumed the remaining three years of Umberger's pact ($4.6).

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